Tuesday, 11/4/14: How Might We Distinguish Strong, Adequate, Somewhat Deficient, and Seriously Deficient Essays?

* Open

• Please review the essay rubric we'll use for scoring our peer edit and final draft. 

* Last essay peer review

• Assign the student 1--20 for each category on their paper.   Add the score up for a total.

HW: FD into turnitin.com and paper copy printed for tomorrow

The Writing Checklist

• Would you like to read this?  If not, how could you improve it? 
• Did you write in the third person? 
• Did you follow the MLA format? 

• Introduction
• Hook
• Background
• Thesis?  
• Specific?

• Body Paragraphs
• Topic Sentence
• Nice transition?

• Two--three supporting quotations?
• Commentary ties back to the topic sentence and/or thesis. 

• Conclusion
• Answers the "So what?" question.
• A gift to the reader?